The union-busting case that GTA 6 makers Rockstar are currently embroiled in with the IWGB (Independent Workers Union of Great Britain) has just taken its next major steps. The date for the trial has been set, and an employment tribunal in the UK has ruled against Rockstar and in favour of the union, upholding the union's right to continue throwing claims of blacklisting against Rockstar. As first reported by Game Developer, the trial will run from September 10, 2026, to October 15, 2026, during which the IWGB will be able to use claims of blacklisting against Rockstar as part of […]

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Developers at Rockstar, who are working on what'll likely be the biggest video game release in history so far with GTA 6, have officially unionized to form the Rockstar Game Workers Union (RGWU) under the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB). The formation and public launch of the union comes after it was delayed by Rockstar and Take-Two management firing 34 workers (31 in the UK, three in Canada) shortly after the union had initially reached the 10% membership threshold needed to be formed, which the IWGB alleges was a "blatant and ruthless act of union busting." Announced via […]

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Last year, just days before we officially learned that GTA 6 had been delayed to November 2026, developer Rockstar was accused of union-busting with the firing of 34 employees, 31 in the UK, and three in Canada at its Rockstar Toronto studio. Those dismissals spurred an ongoing legal battle between Rockstar and the Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB), one that caught the eye of UK parliament and Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Now, British MPs leading the investigation into Rockstar's alleged union-busting have come forward to accuse the company of obstructing legal processes through "silence and closed doors." Per Eurogamer, […]

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Last year, Build a Rocket Boy released MindsEye, a game that was arguably the worst release of 2025 and one of the worst launches in video game history, something that the studio's leadership even acknowledged. But it didn't do so while bearing the full brunt of the blame. Studio leadership Mark Gerhard and Leslie Benzies have held that the game's poor launch was the result of internal and external corporate espionage and sabotage, which Benzies and Gerhard allegedly tried to combat by installing surveillance software on company devices. It's that attempt to spy on its own staff that has a […]

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